Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-01-20
The Oily oE The ANGELS.
An Interesting Letter from Our
sister city ON the Coast.

sister city on the Coast.
Los Angeles and Salt Lake were not
only born great, but, alike, have had
greatness thrust upon them. Again, the
two are marvels in notoriety. When
any one contemplates q trip across the
Continent two places are uppermost in
the mind, no matter where else they go
or what besides it is proposed to see, Salt
Lake and Los Angeles must surely be
taken in. With the former this has been
the case for years, and its prominence has
been more forced upon it than courted.
1t has shown little disposition to turn its
natural advantages to account, or profit
by any favorable tide, much less to help
that tide along.
No one will assert that there has been
any disposition to hold Los Angles back,
in fact it has been worked for all there is
in it, Just now she is q trifle jealous OF
her sanity sister because OF the action OF
the Lower House at Washington on the
18th having given your locality increased
prominence. The situation is much dis
cussed here, especially by the legal
fraternity, and, by the way, one OF the
most prominent OF the brotherhood said
to me to-day: 81 do not anticipate any
considerable delay or material change
in the Senate, for though the legislation
is most extraordinary, they are supposed
to have informed themselves, and
decided that the situation is such
that the end will justify the means.
Many here, and especially former resi-
dents OF Salt Lake, are anxiously await
ing the Zion papers to see the headlines
and comments. Doubtless they will differ
as widely as the people differ. The
Church organs will talk OF "outrage and
robbery" while | fancy the opposition
press, in staring type, will announce
''The dawn is breaking and the good
time coming. Oh! children, don't you
hear the angels shouting?" Well, we
will see what we will see, and may the
right win.
Logan is dead, and the papers east and
west have shown a commendable spirit
in their treatment OF the late soldier
statesman. The pictorials give portraits
OF Mrs. Logan, her married daughter and
promising son. Mrs. Logan is known to
be woman of culture, ability and de-
cided force OF character. 1t is but neces-
sary to look at her picture to be con-
vinCed that she is one to make her way
and hold her place, and that place will
| be a long way above the average. With
this in view, was it so very necessary
that the Senate should be in such hot
haste to name pension? And the pa
pers, not content with the liberal sub
scriptions coming in from friends,
must institute rather questionable
pressure on men of known wealth, by
calling attention to the fact that they had
not yet "named the amount" This is
| little less than limiting you had best come
down handsomely. The press OF our
country is bright and it is next to impos-
sible to overestimate its influence; the
American people are brave and generous,
but both now and then, when it is the
rage and the fashion can and do, do
things, if not coarse and vulgar, but a
little way removed. If Mrs. Logan is all
that her friends claim, some features OF
this movement Striking so very hard
while the iron is very hot must CRATE a
little.
In this connection, please let me call
attention to dispatch, which meets the
eyes OF the well-to-do when, on taking
up their paper OF the 10Th, they sat them
| selves down to cosy breakfast, with the
Sabbath bells ringing through the air.
There was but the one dispatch-no word
or mention since. In our local papers
it was headed thus "a Raging Sea-
More than Score of Lives Lost on the
Virginia Coast"
Tho JicpoIoh ,,;,,oe e ~ -
fearful shipwreck near the Little Island
Life Saving station near Cape Henry and
the heroism OF the men who lost their
lives in their attempt to save the ships
company.
| do not know if there exists any pro-
| visions for the survivors Of those who die
in saving life, if there is, it is safe to
assert that it is not extravagant. Had
these men families? The chances are
they had, what OF them? They are
weeping most likely, not in luxury, pos
sibly in want, Were not these men who
bent to their oars and pulled away from
life and love and all that such men hold
dearer than life, to almost certain death ?
Brave the very bravest of the brave. Do
they not deserve place in the memory
OF mankind? And their wives and little
ones; what OF them, | ask again--nO
/ special provision, or hot haste; no wide
| spread gratis notice through the press,
/ though most deserving Case-no no
they can but sigh and weep. The waves
moan this answer back to the lone shore
and only this-"never more-never
more" all will pass out OF mind, and
such is life! All, but how about that
other life, if such there be? We will not
question it, for its life were worse than
cruelty to many who seem at least to
struggle up most faithfully. God is good,
and we, His children, may trust with
Him the hereafter OF all who do thus
worthily-and Who tempers the winds
will help the wives and little ones while
they tarry here and weep and work and
wait, to buffet back the adverse waves of
this too-oft selfish world. \ =
Los ANGELES, Cal, Jan. IA, 1887.